Crossword Puzzle Number 6636 (Medium Grid)

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ACROSS

1. God of the earth.
4. A tumor derived from fibrous tissue of the meninges or choroid plexus or certain other structures associated with the brain.
12. A local computer network for communication between computers.
15. A self-funded retirement plan that allows you to contribute a limited yearly sum toward your retirement.
16. Relating to or characteristic of the times of the Roman emperor Augustus.
17. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
18. (British English) A small third seat in the back of an old-fashioned two-seater.
20. A major French river.
21. Imperial dynasty that ruled China (most of the time) from 206 BC to 221 and expanded its boundaries and developed its bureaucracy.
22. 10 grams.
25. A Mid-Atlantic state.
26. (Assyrian) God of fire and light.
29. Any of various strong liquors distilled from the fermented sap of toddy palms or from fermented molasses.
30. Any orchid of the genus Disa.
33. Failure to attend (especially school).
35. (Sumerian) Legendary friend of Gilgamish.
38. Subdivision not used in some classifications.
42. A benevolent aspect of Devi.
43. Absence of an enzyme.
45. Having or showing keen interest or intense desire or impatient expectancy.
46. A member of the Siouan people formerly living in the Carolinas.
48. Pleasant or pleasing or agreeable in nature or appearance.
50. North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean.
51. Continuing forever or indefinitely.
52. Any handsome young man.
54. (British) Diesel oil used in cars and lorries with diesel engines (from d(iesel) e(ngine) r(oad) v(ehicle)).
55. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
57. A river in northern England that flows southeast through West Yorkshire.
58. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
61. A rudaceous rock consisting of sharp fragments embedded in clay or sand.
70. A city in western Nevada at the foot of the Sierra Nevada Mountains.
71. An industrial city in the Donets Basin.
74. A coenzyme derived from the B vitamin nicotinic acid.
75. A blue dye obtained from plants or made synthetically.
76. Capable of or reflecting the capability for correct and valid reasoning.
77. A Turkish unit of weight equal to about 2.75 pounds.
78. Tropical starchy tuberous root.
79. A green transparent form of beryl.
80. A rapid escape (as by criminals).

DOWN

1. Scottish sea captain who was hired to protect British shipping in the Indian Ocean and then was accused of piracy and hanged (1645-1701).
2. A member of an Iroquoian people formerly living on the south shore of Lake Erie in northern Ohio and northwest Pennsylvania and western New York.
3. Related to or located at the back.
4. United States baseball player.
5. A man who courts a woman.
6. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
7. A low continuous indistinct sound.
8. A hormone secreted by the anterior pituitary gland that controls the degree of pigmentation in melanocytes.
9. A member of the Siouan people inhabiting the valleys of the Platte and Missouri rivers in Nebraska.
10. An organized search (by police) for a person (charged with a crime).
11. Used of a single unit or thing.
12. An avalanche volcanic water and mud down the slopes of a volcano.
13. Small terrestrial lizard of warm regions of the Old World.
14. Indian religious leader who founded Sikhism (1469-1538).
19. A family of Sino-Tibetan languages spoken in southeastern Asia.
23. (prefix) Opposite or opposing or neutralizing.
24. Genus of western United States annuals with showy yellow or white flowers.
27. A nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (trade name Clinoril).
28. An island of Hawaii northwest of Oahu.
31. One of several resident of a dwelling (especially someone confined to a prison or hospital).
32. Someone who skates.
34. Any system of principles or beliefs.
36. The first light of day.
37. A member of a Turkic people of Uzbekistan and neighboring areas.
39. A group of southern Bantu languages.
40. (Norse mythology) The chief race of gods living at Asgard.
41. Remove from memory or existence.
44. A university in Connecticut.
47. In some classifications considered synonymous with Microtus.
49. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
53. Profane or obscene expression usually of surprise or anger.
56. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
59. Obvious and dull.
60. (archaic) Of persons.
62. Tear or be torn violently.
63. A town in north central Oklahoma.
64. A small island.
65. (physics and chemistry) The smallest component of an element having the chemical properties of the element.
66. Any of various minerals consisting of hydrous silicates of aluminum or potassium etc. that crystallize in forms that allow perfect cleavage into very thin leaves.
67. An organic compound that contains a hydroxyl group bonded to a carbon atom which in turn is doubly bonded to another carbon atom.
68. The basic unit of money in Bangladesh.
69. Mild yellow Dutch cheese made in balls.
72. How long something has existed.
73. (Irish) The sea personified.

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